NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Tourists tired of traipsing around cities and in need of something more dramatic to spark their imagination could opt for a volcano adventure.
From Alaska to Zaire, Forbestraveler.com has compiled a list of the top volcano adventures for travelers seeking an unusual holiday:
1. Kilauea - Hawaii
The 4,091 foot volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983. Located in Volcano National Park on the island of Hawaii, native guides conduct by-appointment only tours.
2.Mount Liamuiga Volcano - St Kitts
Located on the Caribbean island of St Kitts, a six-hour round trip to the crater of the 3,792 foot volcano takes visitors through bamboo rain forests and tropical glades.
3. Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
It is the largest mountain in Africa and although the volcano is not active, there is hot magma just 1300 feet below the crater summit, which soars to 19,340 feet. Visitors usually take a five-day hike and must be aware of altitude sickness.
4. Mount Vesuvius - Italy
The eruption of the volcano in 79 AD destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Each year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii and the National Archaeological Museum in Naples where they can see well-preserved frescoes.
5. Augustine, Douglas, Illiamna and Redoubt volcanoes - Alaska
Located on the east coast of Katamai National Park and Lake Clark National Park, the chain of volcanoes, which range in height from 3,053 to 10,197 feet, are just four the state's 80 potentially active volcanoes. Homer Air Service, a flight-seeing company, conducts a Ring of Fire Tour of the four peaks which takes in a crater lake and a glacier.
The giant volcano reaches 11,384 feet. A gas eruption in 2002 killed 42 people and left 120,000 homeless. Today visitors can be taken on an expedition culminating in a three-day trip to the crater rim.
7. Yellowstone - United States
Although it is not the classic shape of its conical cousins, Yellowstone is the largest super-caldera on earth, with half of the geysers on earth and other unique geological formations.
8. Shiga volcanic complex - Japan
No mountain in this range that rises to 6,696 feet has erupted for the past 10,000 years but it is still an active geothermal attraction and the largest ski resort in the country.
9. Ambrym Volcano - Vanuatu
It is a favorite with volcanologists and botanists because of a near permanent lake of boiling lava and a lush rainforest. Travelers can venture with a guide to the hottest hotspots in a region -- wherever an eruption is happening.
10. Mount Taranaki -- New Zealand
The dormant volcano was used as a stand-in for Mount Fuji in the film "The Last Samurai." Adventure sports are a favorite on the Waingongoro River which winds it way down the near perfect cone.
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